Nicole Hughes, executive director of Renewable Northwest, talks with NPM’s Jillian Ward about the recent Bonneville Power Administration layoffs and what this means for the Pacific Northwest grid.

Hughes has over 20 years of experience in the renewable energy industry including work in project development, construction, finance, permitting, and policy for utility-scale wind and solar. Previously, she worked at AWS Truepower, HDR, RES Americas, and the Bonneville Power Administration.

She also currently serves on the board of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies.

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Tom Williams, partner at investment manager Downing, joins us on this episode of the podcast to relay his experiences from managing the listed Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust since its London IPO in late 2020.

Hear Tom's take on the turbulent market forces that have been at work during this period, as well as the strategy that underpins the fund, his love of hydro assets, and what the macroeconomic outlook is for listed infrastructure vehicles.

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Ike Emehelu, a partner in the projects and energy transition group, at the law firm of Akin, joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss M&A trends in 2025, how ongoing budget reconciliation could impact Inflation Reduction Act tax credits and lastly, the impact that private credit might have on the sector.

Ike is also scheduled to moderate the capital markets roundtable discussion at NPM’s US Development and Financing Forum 2025 on April 29th in New York City, where he’ll be joined by Doral Renewables’ CFO Evan Speece, Primergy Solar’s CEO Ty Daul, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, and Steve Munson of CohnReznick.

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Eyal Podhorzer, CEO of developer and IPP Econergy, joins the NPM Podcast this week to give us his experiences of growing and delivering a pipeline of solar, BESS and wind projects across several disparate markets across Europe.

We start with an in-depth look in the fast-evolving conditions in Romania, before moving on to compare and contrast the issues and progress being made in grid connections, permitting, revenue structuring and financing in the UK, Italy, Poland, and elsewhere.

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Primergy Solar’s CEO Ty Daul joins the NPM Podcast this week to discuss the independent power producer’s upcoming pipeline and how evolving federal policy under the new presidential administration might impact clean energy pipeline development and the supply chain.

Later, Daul discusses forecasted M&A trends in the space.

Daul will be on the Capital Markets Roundtable at NPM’s US Development & Financing Forum being held on April 29th at the Convene in midtown NYC alongside Ike Emehelu of Akin Gump, Andrew Redinger of KeyBanc Capital Markets, Evan Speece of Doral Renewables and Steve Munson of CohnReznick

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NPM Europe welcomes BW ESS chief executive Erik Strømsø onto the pod to discuss current battery storage trends in markets including the UK, Germany, Sweden & Italy, how to deal with supply chain bottlenecks and grid delays, and the relative merits of tolling arrangements.

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On this week's episode, Andrew Burnes is joined by OCI Energy President Sabah Bayatli to discuss the firm's ongoing efforts to transition its portfolio away from exclusively solar to a mix of solar and storage.

Bayatli also discusses his interest in other technologies like long duration storage and small modular nuclear, OCI's transition to retain some of its projects for long-term ownership, and the transition of the ERCOT storage market from being dominated by merchant projects to contracted assets.

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Goksenin Ozturkeri, the chief investment officer of Relevate Power, joins the podcast this week to discuss the growing role of hydropower in the energy transition.

Relevate Power had a big year in 2024, having completed an equity raise with Greenbacker Capital Management’s Green Development Opportunities Fund I over the summer. Then, with financial backing from Apollo, the company acquired Gravity Renewables in December. The deal added 40 MW of high-quality assets to Relevate Power’s portfolio.

Ozturkeri discusses the best uses of hydropower, including supporting data center and other growing load sources. Later in the program, Ozturkeri discusses Relevate’s business model, which includes re-developing and modernizing older hydropower sites.

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